On 1 Mar 07, at 7:44, Diane Whitehead wrote: > When I saw where L. vernum was growing in the wild in the Czech > Republic, I knew why they never survived for me. It was in the same > squelchy conditions where I would expect our native Lysichiton > americanus. Was it a site that is always squelchy, or just seasonally so? Our native skunk cabbage grows in some sites that are pretty dry in the summer. -- Rodger Whitlock Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Maritime Zone 8, a cool Mediterranean climate on beautiful Vancouver Island